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Boston bombing suspect: City shut down amid manhunt

Boston Manhunt - LA Times

With the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing still at large early Friday morning, Gov. Deval Patrick ordered everyone in the city to stay home. "There is a massive manhunt underway," he said at a morning press conference, calling it a "rapidly developing situation." Police Col. Timothy P. Alben added, "It may take hours."

 

Governor wants to name Kennedy successor

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick threw his support Monday behind a proposal to appoint an interim successor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy and also set a date of Jan. 19 for a special election to fill the term that ends in 2012.

 

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